Metadata is something that sounds more complex than it is. Put simply, it is data which provides information about other data. Imagine a standard Microsoft word document. Examples of metadata for that word document could include Author, Department, Date created, Hours to create, length, type, file size. It could be a document for a specific customer or vendor. The point of metadata is for structure, organisation and identification of files within the Team. It helps members of the team search for it and discover resources: particularly handy if the Team contains a lot of files. With the new file experience in Teams, metadata can now be surfaced and used within Teams, however it is important to note that it is still created within the document library in the underlying SharePoint site. It is created in two principle ways: through choice columns and through managed metadata. This article will look at adding metadata through choice columns